Designing a Writing Life

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they’ve got planned for you? Not much.” –Jim Rohn

Writing out goals shapes my days’ work. It shapes my days as well. I’m always on the lookout for ways to shake up my day planning and goal setting for this writer’s life.

Last week I sat in the garden, gazing at the overgrown ivy. I mused on authors’ careers, thinking, All writers make something out of nothing. Writers aren’t the only ones who do so, but it’s an exciting thought. Pretty daring stuff.

And, within the same writing career, it’s an honourable business to work to support the creating of something new, for one’s own work, and for others’ careers as well.